Marjumia bagginsi Melzak and Westrop 1994 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae

Full reference: A. Melzak and S. R. Westrop. 1994. Mid-Cambrian (Marjuman) trilobites from the Pika Formation, southern Canadian Rocky Mountains, Alberta. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 31(6):969-985

Belongs to Marjumia according to A. Melzak and S. R. Westrop 1994

Sister taxa: Marjumia callas, Marjumia newfoundlandensis, Marjumia spinosa, Marjumia transversa, Marjumia typa

Type specimen: GSC 108095, a pygidium. Its type locality is C-52576. Windy Point, which is in a Marjumian carbonate shale/lime mudstone in the Pika Formation of Canada.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Canada (3: Alberta collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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